Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal are capable of beating Chelsea this weekend and believes they will use the disappointment of last night’s Champions League defeat here to inspire them at Stamford Bridge.

The Gunners kicked off their European campaign with a disappointing 2-1 loss to Dinamo Zagreb after Josip Pivaric and Junior Fernandes gave the home side their first victory at this stage of the competition since 1999.

Arsenal landed back at Luton airport in the early hours of this morning after having to drive two hours from Zagreb to the Slovenian capital Ljubljana as the Croatian authorities do not allow teams to schedule flights after night matches at the Stadion Maksimir.

Arsenal have only won two of their last 15 meetings with Chelsea and Arteta said: “[This result] doesn’t help before a big game. We haven’t managed to win three games in a row which is very important. We had two in the pocket and wanted a good result in Zagreb.